Friday 05/20/11...My search continues....I intended to go back over to Lynn Haven to another Waffle/Omelet type restaurant I had seen yesterday, but the traffic was so bad I was driving by it before I realized it and was afraid to try and get in the turn lane, so continued South on Hwy 77 until I got to 23rd St and made a right turn headed East. There is no Breakfast places for several blocks and the first one is Golden Coral; since I had just been there I didn't want to go back so soon and remembered the next place was in the next block and that was Granny Cantrell's. I had been there once before and wasn't really impressed, but that time I was with someone and I really wanted to eat alone and see what it would be like. When I walked in I was greeted by a young lady standing behind the cash register and I was told I could sit anywhere I wanted, so I turned to my left, walked down the isle and chose an empty booth. It took a couple of minutes for a waitress to bring me water, a menu and wrapped utensils, and she asked me what I would like to drink. I told her coffee please and she left. She brought me coffee and asked if I needed more time and I told her, "No, I want 2 eggs, grits, and toast. Eggs medium (white done, yellow runny)". She said, "Yes, that's medium." and I said, "whole wheat toast if you have it", and she said, "Yes, we do." I handed her the menu back and thanked her and returned to my coffee which was in the thinnest cup I have ever seen at a restaurant. It reminded me of a "fine china" tea set I bought once, only this cup was larger and didn't have roses on it. I could actually put two fingers through the handle; unlike the fine china tea set I bought, and, No, I did not drink my coffee with my pinkey finger sticking out... :<) I have to tell you that I tried to take a picture of the food when it arrived, but the lighting was not good enough for my phone camera and the picture was almost black, but I wish you could have seen my plate. The two eggs were picture perfect. Grits were in a bowl and piled high and the toast was hot and dripping butter, just the way I like it. There was a bowl with containers of butter for the grits and my choice of: honey, apple jelly, strawberry jelly, or orange marmalade. I could not wait to see if my taste buds were as happy as my eyes....OH YEAH! I sopped up egg yoke with my buttered toast, added butter to my grits and scooped out large amounts with my fork so my taste buds were slathered is rich creamy grits, egg yoke and buttered toast, washed down with amazingly good coffee. I know you are probably thinking I paid through the nose for such quality and I have to tell you, you'd be thinking wrong. Breakfast was $2.95 and $1.00 for coffee. I left the waitress $1.50 tip. I give them 5 stars *****
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